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J. J. MOORE.

FOLDING GONVEYER GHUTB FOR STRAW $1ACKERS.

No. 274,632. Patented Mar.2'7,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN J. MOORE, OF THORNTOWN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES A. BALL, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING CONVEYER-CHUTE FOR STRAW-STACKERS.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,632, dated March 27, 1883.- Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, JONATHAN J. MOORE, a resident of Thorntown, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding 0onveyer-Ghutes for Straw-Stackers, of which. the following is a specification, having reference to the accompanying drawings.

'The objects of my invention are, first, to so construct the sides of the straw-conveyer chute in a stacking-machine that they may be easily and quickly folded down flat on the chute bottom or erected at right angles thereto and fastened in position; second, to so construct the sling by which the chute is suspended that it will also fold down flat on the chute-bottom.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the several parts by means of which the above-mentioned objects are accomplished, as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out'in the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, in which Figure l-is a perspective view, showing the sides erected and the sling Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the fastening device for holding the sides erect. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the position of the same when folded down.

The same letters indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.

A represents a conveyer-chute of usual form for supporting an endless-belt conveyor for elevating straw from a thrasher. Said chute consists of two light platforms, 1) c, hinged together at d, and c is adapted to fold over onto 2) for the purpose of convenient transportation. I; is designed to be pivoted at c to a thrasher or to an independent frame. The other end of b and platform 0 are sustained by a sling, f, to which braces g g are connected. For the purpose of containing the straw, vertical side pieces of canvas, 13 B, are erected on platforms 7) and .c. Said canvas side pieces have heretofore been attached to the platforms by means of wooden uprights secured to the canvas at intervals and projecting into eyeplates orstaples secured to the platform. This construction necessitates the removal of the sides when the platforms are folded together form]. 7 parallel with and lengthwise of the platform,

uprights, h ll, nailed'to the canvas and secured to the platforms by hinges. Said hinges are secured to the lower ends of the uprights and to the sides of the platforms, as shown, in such a manner that they will allow the uprights to fold inward upon the platforms, but will not pass the perpendicular and fold outward. For the purpose of maintaining the canvas sides in an upright position, I use the device illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. A wooden upright, i, is secured to the outer end of each canvas side. Said uprights project below the lower edge of the canvas, and are attached to the sides of the platform by means of right-angled pivotbrackets, like j. One arm of said bracket 1 passes through upright i just above the upper edge of the platform-frame, and forms a horizontal pivot, on which said upright turns. The other arm, m, forms a vertical pivot, which turns in a bearing, a, attached to the side of the plat- When the canvas is raised arm 1 stands and the inside of the lower portion of upright i rests against the outside of the platform and the edge against a stop, 0, secured to the platform. The length of the canvas is such that as upright 27 engages the stop 0 the canvas is drawn taut, and the edge of the lower end of i is forced strongly against the stop and the friction ofthe two surfaces holds 1'- upright. lVhen for transportation. I secure the canvas sides to the platforms by means of several wooden the canvas is to be folded down on the plat- 7 form a smart push from the outside against the top of t releases the lower end from the stop, and bracket j swings in its bearing 12 until arm Z stands across the platform and the upright folds down lengthwise of the platform, as shown in Fig. 3. For the purpose of allowing the sling by which the chute is suspended to fold up with the chute, the stretcher p is made with a joint, 1*, in its center, which is held in position and the stretcher prevented from collapsin g bya rod, S, which is jointed to the stretcher and hooks into the suspension-1 in g t.

When the chute is to be prepared .for moving from place to place it is lowered, rod S is unhooked from t, and, the stretcher collapsing, the brace-rods g g are drawn inward and lie and a sling suspending the same, of a jointed stretcher adapted to be folded together, and a means for locking the same in position when extended, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with-"a straw-conveyer chute, of canvas sides permanently secured thereto, and adapted to be erected at the sides thereof and to be folded down thereon, means for securing said canvas sides in an erect position, a sling for suspending said chute, and a folding stretcher, all combined substantially in the manner shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

- JONATHANJ. MOORE.

Witnesses:

J AS; A. BALL, H. P. B001). 

